Excerpt from Roman and Medieval Art It is true that in recent centuries, those namely of recent modern history, the arts Of painting and sculpture, at least, have become mainly matters Of luxury, and that as arts of popular education and instruction they have been displaced by printed books. Hence the difficulty of making imme diately apparent, before the subject itself has been opened up, that a Izz'sfmj/ of art is not so much a history of the arts of design as it is a history of civilization. But if this point is not ...
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Excerpt from Roman and Medieval Art It is true that in recent centuries, those namely of recent modern history, the arts Of painting and sculpture, at least, have become mainly matters Of luxury, and that as arts of popular education and instruction they have been displaced by printed books. Hence the difficulty of making imme diately apparent, before the subject itself has been opened up, that a Izz'sfmj/ of art is not so much a history of the arts of design as it is a history of civilization. But if this point is not apparent in advance, it is notwithstanding the point which in recent years has drawn more and more attention to the subject, until it is beginning to figure as an indis pensable part of the philosophy and knowledge of general history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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